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- 1ConstructivismAttempts to explain how we go about interpreting the world to assign meaning to people, events, behaviors and so forth.
- 2PrototypesIdeal or optimal examples of categories of people, situations, objects, and so forth.
- 3• Personal constructs“Mental yardstick” that allows us to measure a phenomenon on a particular dimension
- 4StereotypesPredictive generalizations
- 5• ScriptsA routine or action sequence that we have in mind about a particular interaction.
- 6• DifferentiationMeasured by the number of distinct interpretations an individual uses to perceive and describe others.
- 7• AbstractionExtent to which a person interprets others in terms of internal motives, personality traits, and character.
- 8• OrganizationThe degree to which a person notices and is able to make sense of contradictory behavior.
- 9Person CenterednessCognitive complex people are more capable of engaging in sensitive communication that it tailored to particular others.
- 10Social Exchange TheoryPeople seek to maximize rewards and minimize costs in relationships
- 11OutcomeRewards (Positive Value) minus Costs (Negative Value)
- 12• Comparison LevelSubjective standard for what we expect in a particular type of relationship.
- 13• Comparison level of alternativesRelative measure that evaluates how good a particular relationship is in comparison to real or perceived alternatives to that relationship.
- 14• EquityConcerned whether a relationship is fair to the people in it over the course of time
- 15Inequityrelated to both individual dissatisfaction and relational distress
- 16Axiomstatement that is presumed to be true on its face and therefore does not require proof or explanation.
- 17Axiom 1Verbal Communication. As verbal communication increases, uncertainty decreases.
- 18Axiom 2As Nonverbal Affiliative Expressiveness increases, uncertainty decreases.
- 19Axiom 3High levels of uncertainty cause an increase in information seeking behavior. As uncertainty levels decline, information seeking behavior decreases.
- 20Axiom 4Intimacy Level. Uncertainty in relationship decreases intimacy.
- 21Axiom 5Self Disclosure. High levels of uncertainty produce high rates of reciprocity.
- 22Axiom 6Similarities reduce uncertainty. Dissimilarities produce increases in uncertainty.
- 23Axiom 7Increases in uncertainty level produce decreases in liking. Decreases in uncertainty level produce increase in liking.
- 24• Speech CommunityGroup of people who share not only a common language but also understandings of rules and norms that guide how members of the group practice and interpret speech activities.
- 25• Speech Code“a system of socially constructed symbols and meanings, premises, and rules pertaining to communicative conduct”
- 26• Communication RulesRegular patterns in the use and interpretation of communication within particular groups.
- 27Scoperange of phenomena a theory describes and explains.
- 28• Testabilityasks whether the claims advanced by a theory can be investigated to determine their accuracy.
- 29• Parsimonyappropriate simplicity
- 30• Utilitypractical value
- 31• Heuristic Valuerefers to the degree to which a theory provokes new ideas, insights, thinking, and research.
- 32Uncertainty Reduction TheorySimplest of the theories
- 33Cognitive ComplexityHow elaborate a person's interpretive processes are along the three dimensions of differentiation, abstraction and organization.
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